SSE - Android

CheQ Digital Private Limited; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CheQ Digital Private Limited is seeking a senior Android engineer to own architectural decisions for Android modules, employing Clean Architecture, MVVM, and modularization. Collaborate with product owners to clarify requirements and drive robust API contracts with backend teams.

Lead code reviews and mentor engineers while upholding security and performance standards. The role focuses on building scalable Android apps, shipping to Google Play, and shaping the mobile tech roadmap within a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production Android app development with Kotlin.
• Expert-level Jetpack Compose and modern Android UI patterns.
• Experience shipping Android apps to Google Play.

Responsibilities

• Own architectural decisions for Android app modules — Clean Architecture, MVVM, modularization.
• Define, clarify, and challenge requirements with product owners and project managers.
• Drive API contract discussions with backend teams for robust integration points.
• Lead code reviews and set the technical bar for the Android codebase.
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers through pairing, PR reviews, and structured feedback.
• Champion modern security principles and apply them across the app architecture.
• Contribute to the team's technical roadmap, tooling, and platform migrations.

Skills

Android

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

REST APIs

Code reviews

Mentoring

Security practices

Tools

Git

Android Studio

CI/CD

Job description

CheQ Digital Private Limited | Full time

At CheQ, we’re turning the chaos of credit into a journey that’s clear, rewarding, and even a little fun. With ₹80,000 Cr+ in lifetime payments, a growing tribe of users (30%+ using more than two products), and $16M raised from marquee investors, we’re fast becoming India’s favorite way to go from credit-stressed to credit-smart.

Founded by ex-Flipkart leader Aditya Soni and backed by 3one4 Capital, Venture Highway, Ram Shriram, Lloyd Mathias and more, CheQ isn’t just another fintech, it’s a full-stack credit experience

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Own architectural decisions for Android app modules — Clean Architecture, MVVM, modularization, multi-module builds — and set technical direction.

Work with stakeholders (product owners, project managers) to define, clarify, and challenge requirements where technical constraints or better approaches exist.

Drive API contract discussions with backend and cross-functional teams, ensuring clear, robust, and scalable integration points between app and services.

Lead code reviews and set the technical bar for the Android codebase — enforcing clean architecture, testability, and maintainability standards.

Mentor mid-level and junior engineers through pairing, PR reviews, and structured feedback.

Champion modern security principles and lead their application across the app's architecture.

Contribute to the team's technical roadmap, including tooling, dependency upgrades, and platform migrations.

What you'll need

5+ years developing production Android applications using Kotlin, with a track record of owning features end-to-end.

Expert-level proficiency in Jetpack Compose, with hands-on experience building modern, responsive, and maintainable Android UIs at scale.

Proven experience shipping and maintaining successful Android applications on Google Play.

Deep knowledge of the Android ecosystem, including third-party libraries, and the judgment to evaluate build-vs-buy trade-offs.

Strong grasp of Android UI design patterns and Material Design guidelines, with experience setting UI/UX standards for a team.

Experience integrating mobile apps with backend web services (REST); comfortable driving contract design, not just consuming APIs.

Strong command of Kotlin's functional and asynchronous/coroutine concepts, and asynchronous computing principles more broadly.

Understanding of app performance metrics (startup time, memory, jank/frame rate, ANRs) and resolving performance issues.

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN CHEQ

You own it, we trust you

Shape your work with freedom, deliver with ownership, backed by trust.

Bold, fast & human We push boundaries together, and deliver with agility, rigor, and heart. Always looking out for one another.

Growth by osmosis Learn directly from a stellar leadership team with rich, diverse backgrounds.

WHAT YOU WILL NOT GET

Monotony Work is dynamic, expect variety every day.

Slow climbs Growth here is about leaps, not ladders.

Layers of red tape We believe in speed, not bureaucracy.